JLPT N3 · な-adjective

不利 (furi)

不利 (ふり, furi) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “disadvantage; handicap”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふり
Romaji: furi
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

この証拠は彼にとって不利だった。

This evidence was against him.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 不利

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	不利だ	ふりだ furida
Present (polite)	不利です	ふりです furidesu
Negative	不利じゃない	ふりじゃない furijanai
Past	不利だった	ふりだった furidatta
Negative past	不利じゃなかった	ふりじゃなかった furijanakatta
Te-form	不利で	ふりで furide
Before a noun	不利な	ふりな furina
Adverb (~ni)	不利に	ふりに furini

Kanji in 不利

不

negative, non-, badフ・ブ · 4 strokes

利

profit, advantage, benefitリ・き.く · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 不利.

不便ふべんinconvenience不ふun-不安ふあんanxiety不可ふかwrong不幸ふこうunhappiness不正ふせいinjustice不足ふそくinsufficiency不通ふつうsuspension不平ふへいdiscontent不満ふまんdissatisfaction不思議ふしぎwonderful不自由ふじゆうdiscomfort不ぶun-不運ふうんmisfortune

Source: JMdict entry 1495220 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.